Dekel hoped that a dozen people would download the episode. Those attributes led him to openly defy his government to save the lives of thousands of people. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt. Sousa mendes, portugals consul in bordeaux when germany. This article about a person or group of people is a stub. A tradicao familiar apontavalhe a carreira juridica licenciouse em direito pela. Rifiutandosi di eseguire gli ordini del suo governo il regime di salazar e concedendo visti a rifugiati di tutte le nazionalita che dovevano fuggire dalla francia nel 1940, anno dellinvasione della francia da parte della germania nazista nella seconda guerra mondiale. When offered a visa by sousa mendes, the rabbi had refused it because he could not leave his people behind. The sousa mendes foundation is interested in tracking the fates of all visa recipients, no matter their stories. In order to cross the french border into spain, the refugees needed. The views expressed here are his own unless otherwise noted. His twin brother cesar, born a few minutes earlier, had a july 18 birthday. The sousa mendes visa recipients came from fortynine countries and all walks of life. They were jews and nonjews, public figures and private citizens, most with passports but many without.
Apr 08, 2011 the strain caused the fracturing of his family, and in 1954 sousa mendes died in poverty and obscurity. The guardian reports that his final wish was that his name be restored. Born into an aristocratic portuguese family, mendes chose a diplomatic career for himself. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his. Sousa mendes left bordeaux on july 8 and returned to lisbon, portugal.
He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30 years. Now, 72 years after the bordeaux events, an important new development is occurring. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds. We saw the movie with a different english title, disobedience. He was dismissed from the diplomatic service and was denied retirement and severance benefits. He issued visas to 30,000 refugees, the majority of whom were jews fleeing the nazis, helping them to avoid certain death. His disobedience again angered the portuguese government. A ten part series on southern italian wine to be sold to an international streaming. As the portuguese consul stationed in bordeaux, france, he found himself confronted in may and june of 1940 with the reality of many thousands of refugees outside the portuguese consulate attempting to escape the horrors of the nazi war machine. April 1954 in lissabon war ein portugiesischer diplomat.
In portugal, a protector of a people is honored the new. Today, mendes s name is engraved in gold in the pantheon of the righteous among the nations. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving. As the portuguese consulgeneral in bordeaux, france, during world war ii, sousa mendes was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. In portugal, a protector of a people is honored the new york times. Michele, who is of italian and sephardic descent, has some serious jewish. Having graduated in law, in the university of coimbra, in 1907, aristides unlike his father, who was a judge and his twin brother, who embarked in politics chooses to follow a consular career, mainly connected to administrative aspects, in particular the. Most sought to enter spain, proceed to portugal, and then escape by ship. And today, on long island, the largest reunion of these rescued families is taking place on the occasion of holocaust remembrance day and in tandem with the u. Bordeaux, france may 1940 on may 10, 1940, germany invaded france and swiftly advanced south through the country. Between june 16 and 23, 1940, he frantically issued portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were jews. However, mendes had a keen sense of right and wrong, coupled with solid christian values. Yet disobeying orders meant certain personal disaster for sousa mendes, and for his wife and 14 children. Yet he is reported to have saved 30,000 people during the holocaust, 12,000 of them jews.
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